The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-11-19
The Local Lounger.


thing of the past. The Chicago river filth
does not help the propagation of fish to any
alarming extent; but that Is nothing to the
havoc made by seines, II We are to believe
the Peoria CAL, which recently remarked
that "the fishing In the upper river Is some.
thing fearful and wonderful" and then
proceeds to tell why-in this wise: "Seine
hauls of 1900, 5000 and 1900 pounds
have been reported within the past ten
days. Robert Thompson OF Lacon took
In LOO buffalo at one haul, or nearly 1900
pounds Of fish, John Davidson made haul
and got 1900 pounds of bass, salmon, and
others, the best of the fnny tribe. There
was a report that another man had hauled
In 10000 pounds of bass and nothing but
bass, but that is regarded as triae fshy.
Rod and line fishermen seem to have pro-
portionate luck. One afternoon recently
Charles Warner sat himself down near
Chillicothe and fished and fished. Before
he got tired of hauling them In his string
Of croppies measured fifteen feet, all
hauled QUIT one at time" With little
protection the much abused Illinois river
would become the finest fish stream be-
meath the blazing stars.
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Among our lucky contemporaries we count
none more fortunate than the venerable,
but still frisky, Leroy of the Iad.-1tmes.
The chief reason for our belief Is that II Is
commonly reported that the Docs back
yard is filled to bursting with household
goods of every style and shade (taken, 1t is
alleged, as quid pro quo from delinquent
rent payers), and when the Doc comes
home late and his wife refuses to admit
him, he can sleep on the several lounges in
the back yard, and spreading hair mattress
over his painting bald head, protect his grey
hairs from the frisky skeeter in the zephers
from Ripley.
The Seneca Messenger is no more. 1t
has gone to meet that vast thropg of CHASTITY
spectres that stalk the unhallowed realms
of diseased imaginations-it has busted
Sing no sad and solemn dirge DER Its with
cred features for its editor has skinned and
the wind wanders with broken accents
through his listless eyebrows. Let 1t sleep
The moss is growing DER Its Washington
hand nrass and the v,nes are trailing IN the
,;tt,o shoot iron s+ove wbara onca the fire.
was ,iobted with q ten dollar hill Let Il
rest The editors satin SLIPPERS are in the
bottom of the silyer.lined spittoon his dis.
mond hilted revolver is peacefully soaking
a. b,s uncle,s and his Glad smile has de.
narted
Vtda,
II got lett.
1t was on Monday afternoon that the az
torneYs IN the Miller murder trial became
involved IN rather demonstrauVe discus
sion over MI. Bulls leadlng questions 10
witnesses. MI. mooney hao op1ecteu' anu
the court had spoken OF the matter' ana
still Mr. Bull insisted upon putting tnose
leading questions. Al last Judge bianch-
ara VINO was considerably amused az the
olspleasure OF Mr. mooney SAID
"Gentlemen. am AFRAID that l shall be
compelled 10 take the stand OF an honored
predecessor IN this matter when con-
uoVersy OF the same KIM arose ID MS
court his remarks WERE literally l can't
reform the old fellows, they are TOO lar
gone; but Will say, right here, that l In
tend bringing up these young men IN the
way in which they should be reared"
Mr.. Moloney saw the application.
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,tused ~ be said that tbare was but ono
rich oneratic manager in the world. and
be was fish dealer in Cuba Amusement
yon,rros aro On ,,ncartain tbat orest for
tunes are seldom permanent results of hard
work in that line of business Barnom and